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Which rack to use depends on what you’re cooking and what you want to achieve.

No more soggy bottoms: How to decide which oven rack to use

From cakes to roasts and everything in between – here are some simple rules to remember when you’re deciding which rack to cook on.

  • Becky Krystal
Barbecues around Australia will sizzle this Saturday for democracy sausage day, aka the Federal election.

To prick or not to prick? The secret to the perfect DIY democracy sausage

Pork or beef? Slowly does it or lots of sizzle? And don’t forget the jammy onions. The experts share their brilliant banger tips, for election day and beyond.

  • Jane de Graaff
Donna Hay cooking up a storm, as always.

The pizza is ‘insanely good’: Donna Hay’s favourite restaurants, bars and bakeries

Notebooks at the ready as the Aussie cooking legend spills the beans on her eating out, and eating in, go-tos.

  • Jane Rocca
Julia Busuttil Nishimura.

‘Your cooking will be better for it, I promise’: Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s five essential tips

Including the kitchen tools she can’t do without, and the essential ingredients she always has in her pantry.

  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Stand firmly in one spot, and hold your kitchen utensils with confidence.

‘Start with the hips’: Six cooking tips to boost your confidence in the kitchen

Can’t stand the heat? If you’ve never really sauteed onions or seared a steak, let’s go back to basics.

  • Kristen Hartke
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Yotam Ottolenghi spends plenty of time experimenting in the Ottolenghi Test Kitchen in London.

‘It’s the one ingredient I could never live without’: Yotam Ottolenghi’s essential kitchen wisdom

Keep these tips in your back pocket, and let them help you cook with confidence.

  • Yotam Ottolenghi
Commercial kitchens are increasingly looking to use induction cooking over gas stove tops.
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Kitchen cooking: the last stand of gas

Commercial kitchens are increasingly looking to use induction cooking over gas stove tops.

Egg-in-a-nest sandwich.

Cooking for one can be fun, easy and delicious. Here’s how

The key to cooking well for one is choosing the right recipes. These tips will help you navigate what will work for you.

  • Genevieve Ko

Don’t try this at home: Why you should leave these dishes to restaurants

Pastries, Peking duck, parfait ... some foods are better outsourced.

  • Terry Durack
Nagi Maehashi and her mother, Yumiko, making gyoza.

Mum’s best cooking wisdom? Nagi Maehashi, Adam Liaw and other famous cooks spill all

Mums have left a lasting impression on these chefs and cooks from their signature dishes (like the gyoza that rivals Tokyo’s best) to some less successful meals.

  • Daniela Frangos

Original URL: https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/goodfood/topic/cooking-hn5